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  2. Yma Sumac - Wikipedia

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    [2] [37] Shortly after her death, the BBC noted that a typical trained singer has a range of about three octaves. [38] In 1954, composer and music critic Virgil Thomson described Sumac's voice as "very low and warm, very high and birdlike," noting that her range "is very close to five octaves, but is in no way inhuman or outlandish in sound." [2]

  3. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.

  4. Erik Agard - Wikipedia

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    Erik Agard (born 1993) is a crossword solver, constructor, and editor. He is the winner of the 2016 Lollapuzzoola Express Division, the 2018 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT), a frequent contributor to the New York Times crossword puzzle, a crossword constructor for The New Yorker, the former USA Today crossword editor, and a former Jeopardy! contestant.

  5. Secret of the Incas - Wikipedia

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    The film also featured the Peruvian singer Yma Sumac as Kori-Tica. [8] The female lead was to have been played by Viveca Lindfors. However, after the positive response to Nicole Maurey's performance in Little Boy Lost Paramount gave her the role. [9] Thomas Mitchell was signed to play the villain. [10] Studio filming started in October 1953. [11]

  6. Voice of the Xtabay - Wikipedia

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    Voice of the Xtabay is the first studio album by Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac. It was released in 1950 by Capitol Records. It was produced and composed by Les Baxter, along with Moisés Vivanco and John Rose. Sumac sings on the album, accompanied by ethnic percussion and musical variations influenced by the music of Peru. [2]

  7. Billy May - Wikipedia

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    Edward William May Jr. [1] (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for The Green Hornet (1966), The Mod Squad (1968), Batman (with Batgirl theme, 1967), [1] and Naked City (1960).

  8. Performing with Dolly Parton: Chuck Woolery was a singer ...

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    TV game show legend Chuck Woolery, who died this weekend at 83, had a longtime love connection with Nashville. Before he rose to fame as the original host of "Wheel of Fortune" and the long ...

  9. The New York Times Games - Wikipedia

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    The New York Times has used video games as part of its journalistic efforts, among the first publications to do so, [13] contributing to an increase in Internet traffic; [14] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, The New York Times began offering its newspaper online, and along with it the crossword puzzles, allowing readers to solve puzzles on their computers.